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What Do Unions Do? - Thomas S. Barrows - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

What Do Unions Do? - Thomas S. Barrows - Bog - Taylor & Francis Inc - Plusbog.dk

One of the best-known and most-quoted books ever written on labor unions is What Do Unions Do? by Richard Freeman and James Medoff. Published in 1984, the book proved to be a landmark because it provided the most comprehensive and statistically sophisticated empirical portrait of the economic and socio-political effects of unions, and a provocative conclusion that unions are on balance beneficial for the economy and society.The present volume represents a twentieth-anniversary retrospective and evaluation of What Do Unions Do? The objectives are threefold: to evaluate and critique the theory, evidence, and conclusions of Freeman and Medoff; to provide a comprehensive update of the theoretical and empirical literature on unions since the publication of their book; and to offer a balanced assessment and critique of the effects of unions on the economy and society. Toward this end, internationally recognized representatives of labor and management cover the gamut of subjects related to unions.Topics covered include the economic theory of unions; the history of economic thought on unions; the effect of unions on wages, benefits, capital investment, productivity, income inequality, dispute resolution, and job satisfaction; the performance of unions in an international perspective; the reasons for the decline of unions; and the future of unions. The volume concludes with a chapter by Richard Freeman in which he assesses the arguments and evidence presented in the other chapters and presents his evaluation of how What Do Unions Do? stands up in the light of twenty years of additional experience and research. This highly readable volume is a state-of-the-art survey by internationally recognized experts on the effects and future of labor unions. It will be the benchmark for years to come.

DKK 546.00
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What You Do Matters Boxed Set - Kobi Yamada - Bog - Compendium Inc. - Plusbog.dk

What You Do Matters Boxed Set - Kobi Yamada - Bog - Compendium Inc. - Plusbog.dk

"Discover the amazing things that happen when you nurture your bright ideas, face your problems, and take bold chances. This collection features all three books in the award-winning, New York Times best-selling What Do You Do With...? book series. The beautiful keepsake box features new and original illustrations from Mae Besom with gold foil and imagery from all three books. This keepsake boxed set includes the three-book series: What Do You Do With an Idea?, What Do You Do With a Problem?, and What Do You Do With a Chance? This special edition box includes gorgeous, new, and original illustrations by Mae Besom and features foil accents and imagery from all three books"

DKK 443.00
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What do Philosophers Do? - Penelope (university Of California Maddy - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

What do Philosophers Do? - Penelope (university Of California Maddy - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

How do you know the world around you isn''t just an elaborate dream, or the creation of an evil neuroscientist? If all you have to go on are various lights, sounds, smells, tastes and tickles, how can you know what the world is really like, or even whether there is a world beyond your own mind? Questions like these -- familiar from science fiction and dorm room debates -- lie at the core of venerable philosophical arguments for radical skepticism: the stark contention that we in fact know nothing at all about the world, that we have no more reason to believe any claim -- that there are trees, that we have hands -- than we have to disbelieve it. Like non-philosophers in their sober moments, philosophers, too, find this skeptical conclusion preposterous, but they''re faced with those famous arguments: the Dream Argument, the Argument from Illusion, the Infinite Regress of Justification, the more recent Closure Argument. If these can''t be met, they raise a serious challenge not just to philosophers, but to anyone responsible enough to expect her beliefs to square with her evidence. What Do Philosophers Do? takes up the skeptical arguments from this everyday point of view, and ultimately concludes that they don''t undermine our ordinary beliefs or our ordinary ways of finding out about the world. In the process, Maddy examines and evaluates a range of philosophical methods -- common sense, scientific naturalism, ordinary language, conceptual analysis, therapeutic approaches -- as employed by such philosophers as Thomas Reid, G. E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and J. L. Austin. The result is a revealing portrait of what philosophers do, and perhaps a quiet suggestion for what they should do, for what they do best.

DKK 413.00
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Good Things to Do - Rudiger Bittner - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Good Things to Do - Rudiger Bittner - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Rüdiger Bittner argues that the aim of thinking about what to do, of practical reason, is to find, not what we ought to do, but what it is good to do under the circumstances. Neither under prudence nor under morality are there things we ought to do. There is no warrant for the idea of our being required, by natural law or by our rationality, to do either what helps us attain our ends or what is right for moral reasons. While common moral understanding is committed to there being things we ought to do and to our being guilty and deserving blame if we fail to do them, we can lay aside these notions without loss, indeed with benefit. The volume also explains what it is for something to be good to do under the circumstances and argues for understanding practical reason in these terms. What is good to do we find by experience: what we go through teaches us what helps and what hinders, and helps us figure out what is prudentially useful and what is morally right to do-although ultimately this difference itself gives way, and morality turns out to be a part of prudence.

DKK 588.00
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Dornier Do 335 - Karl Heinz Regnat - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dornier Do 335 - Karl Heinz Regnat - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This is the first comprehensive, well-illustrated documentation on the Do 335, one of the milestones in German aviation history. The Do 335 was developed by Dornier as a heavy fighter in 1943. One of the last high-performance piston-engined aircraft designed, the Do 335 was powered by tandem fore-aft engines, a concept proven in numerous Dornier flying boats. As a result of this configuration, drag was reduced to little more than that of a single-engined aircraft, enabling the Do 335 to achieve very high speeds. The Do 335 represented the apex of propeller-driven aircraft in the Second World War.

DKK 445.00
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What Expert Teachers Do - John Loughran - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What Expert Teachers Do - John Loughran - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How do expert teachers do it? How do they enhance student learning? How do they manage the dilemmas and tensions inherent in working with 25 different students in every lesson? Internationally respected teacher educator John Loughran argues that teachers’ knowledge of what they do is largely tacit and often misunderstood. In this book, he distils the essence of professional practice for classroom teachers. Drawing on the best research on pedagogy, he outlines the crucial principles of teaching and learning, and shows how they are translated into practice using real classroom examples. He emphasises that teaching procedures need to be part of an integrated approach, so that they are genuinely meaningful and result in learning. Throughout, he shows how teachers can engage their students in ways that create a real ‘need to know’, and a desire to become active learners. What Expert Teachers Do is for teachers who want to become really accomplished practitioners.

DKK 451.00
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What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration? - Jonathan Portes - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration? - Jonathan Portes - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

"A short, sharp and compelling book." The Observer At a time when immigration has once again become a deeply contentious political issue, Jonathan Portes provides some much-needed clarity, taking on misinformation and inaccurate reporting to reveal the true economic and social impact of immigration to the UK.This important book covers a short history of immigration to the UK, uses the latest research and data to summarise how it is financially beneficial to the economy, considers it′s positive effects on contemporary society, and provides straightforward answers to commonly asked questions such as: does immigration push down wages? Does it reduce job opportunities for those born in the UK? And what impact does it have on the NHS and other public services? Portes then proposes what we should do about immigration, defining what a post-Brexit system should look like, and outlining what, if anything, we should do to promote integration further. Written by leading social scientists, the What Do We Know and What Should We Do About...? series offers concise, up-to-date overviews of issues often oversimplified, misrepresented or misunderstood and shows you how to enact change. "If you want to learn a lot about what matters most, in as short a time as possible, this is the series for you."- Danny Dorling, 1971 Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

DKK 554.00
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Why People Do What They Do - Saadi Lahlou - Bog - John Wiley and Sons Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Why People Do What They Do - Saadi Lahlou - Bog - John Wiley and Sons Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Why do people behave in the way they do and how can we get them to change? Drawing on a large body of empirical research, Lahlou shows that people’s behaviour is predictable and shaped by ‘installations’ combining three sets of factors: what is technically possible (affordances of the environment), what people are able to do (embodied competences), and what monitors and controls behaviour (social regulation). These channel our behaviour and incline us to act one way or another in specific circumstances – in the way, for example, that when you travel by plane, the steps you take from the moment you check in to the moment you take your seat are fixed and predictable. Lahlou shows how we can intervene at each of the three levels of installations to change human behaviour, and how we can combine them for greater effectiveness and direction, with a robust, step-by-step method. Because the method is so powerful, Lahlou also provides ethical guidelines and caveats about using these interventions to improve society, not just one's own business and interests. This concise and authoritative book, packed with real-world examples, will be of interest to anyone concerned about how to tackle the difficult problems of today’s world. At long last, a book that offers realistic, concrete steps for changing our ways.

DKK 488.00
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What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Slavery? - Julia O'connell Davidson - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Slavery? - Julia O'connell Davidson - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Slavery is a live issue today, but the people who talk about it as such are not all of a piece. Some insist the world is now plagued by the contemporary equivalent of transatlantic slavery, and call on us to combat "modern slavery". Others hold that the on-going devaluation and destruction of black life continues the logic of transatlantic slavery. They urge us to address the "afterlives" of racial chattel slavery. These two groupings provide different answers to the questions, "what do we know and what should we do about slavery?" This book reviews what is known about the issues at the heart of each perspective, and argues that the concept of "afterlives" is more helpful than that of "modern slavery" to those seeking to challenge injustice, violence, inequality and oppression in the twenty-first century. Written by leading social scientists, the What Do We Know and What Should We Do About...? series offers concise, up-to-date overviews of issues often oversimplified, misrepresented or misunderstood and shows you how to enact change. "Short, sharp and compelling." - Alex Preston, The Observer "If you want to learn a lot about what matters most, in as short a time as possible, this is the series for you."- Danny Dorling, 1971 Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

DKK 490.00
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What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Authoritarian Regimes? - Natasha Lindstaedt - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Authoritarian Regimes? - Natasha Lindstaedt - Bog - Sage Publications Ltd - Plusbog.dk

At least 70% of the world’s population now lives under an autocracy. There are more openly authoritarian states than ever, democratic regimes are ‘backsliding’ into autocracy, and authoritarian values and practices are increasingly normalized. Regimes in China and Russia are as prominent and urgent as ever, but authoritarianism is spreading across the globe. Why is this happening? What can we do about it? This book is a concise and compelling exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratisation’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves a degree of optimism. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt works at the Department of Government at the University of Essex. The ‘What Do We Know and What Should We Do About...?′ series offers readers short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented, simplified or misunderstood in modern society and the media. Each book is written by a leading social scientist with an established reputation in the relevant subject area. "Short, sharp and compelling." - Alex Preston, The Observer "If you want to learn a lot about what matters most, in as short a time as possible, this is the series for you."- Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

DKK 471.00
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What AI Can Do - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What AI Can Do - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The philosopher Spinoza once asserted that no one knows what a body can do, conceiving an intrinsic bodily power with unknown limits. Similarly, we can ask ourselves about Artificial Intelligence (AI): To what extent is the development of intelligence limited by its technical and material substrate? In other words, what can AI do? The answer is analogous to Spinoza’s: Nobody knows the limit of AI. Critically considering this issue from philosophical, interdisciplinary, and engineering perspectives, respectively, this book assesses the scope and pertinence of AI technology and explores how it could bring about both a better and more unpredictable future. What AI Can Do highlights, at both the theoretical and practical levels, the cross-cutting relevance that AI is having on society, appealing to students of engineering, computer science, and philosophy, as well as all who hold a practical interest in the technology.

DKK 759.00
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What's a Parent to Do? - Lawrence Baines - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

What's a Parent to Do? - Lawrence Baines - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Parenting can seem overwhelming. Most parents want what is best for their children, but few have the time, energy, or background knowledge to take a deep dive into an ocean of scientific studies every time a decision has to be made. This book translates educational research, from Piaget to the latest neuroscience article, into actionable strategies for parents. The book is a “guerilla guide” in the sense that some recommendations may seem counterintuitive, radical, or contrary to popular practice. However, these strategies for home and school are supported by research and years of practical experience. What''s a Parent to Do? is written for parents who want to know what to do, what not to do, and why.

DKK 627.00
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What Do Dreams Do? - Sue (professor In Humanities Llewellyn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

What Do Dreams Do? - Sue (professor In Humanities Llewellyn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

We have puzzled over dreams for centuries. From ancient societies, believing dreams to be messages from the gods, Freud''s theory of dreams revealing our unconscious minds to modern day experiments in psychology and neuroscience, dreams continue to fascinate but also be a source of mystery. Are dreams just mental froth or do they have a purpose? This book argues that, originally, we dreamed to survive. Dreaming brains identify non-obvious associations, taking people, places, and events out of their waking-life context to uncover complex and, seemingly, unrelated connections. In our evolutionary past, survival depended on being able to detect these divergent, associative patterns to anticipate what predators and other humans might do, as we moved around to secure food and water and meet potential mates. Making associations drives many, if not all, brain functions. In the present day, dream associations may support memory, emotional stability, creativity, unconscious decision-making and prediction, while also contributing to mental illness. Written in a lively and accessible style, and showing the reader how to identify patterns in their own dreams, this book presents a highly original theory of dreaming and will be a compelling read for anyone interested in psychology, consciousness, and the arts, as well as those involved in dream research.

DKK 429.00
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Linguistica Do Portugues - - Bog - Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften - Plusbog.dk

Linguistica Do Portugues - - Bog - Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften - Plusbog.dk

A presente colectânea reúne 24 comunicações apresentadas em três secções dedicadas à linguística no 8. Congresso da Associação Alemà de Lusitanistas (Munique, 2009). A obra tem como objectivo dar voz a alguns rumos actuais na linguística do português, enquanto língua pluricêntrica, incluindo diversos trabalhos sobre línguas crioulas de base portuguesa. Assim, pretende-se estabelecer pontes entre tradições filológicas e linguísticas distintas nos diversos países de língua oficial portuguesa e na Alemanha, fomentando o diálogo entre estas.Os temas abordados abrangem meta-reflexões sobre a linguística e os seus desafios teóricos e empíricos, a semântica lexical, a estrutura silábica do português europeu e brasileiro, aspectos funcionais e formais de pronomes e sistemas pronominais tanto em diferentes variedades do português como em línguas crioulas, temporalidade e aspectualidade, tradições discursivas, sociolinguística, linguística de variedades e métodos de aprendizagem do português como língua estrangeira.

DKK 711.00
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